Custom staff lines

Is there a way to change the number of lines in a staff and adjust the spacing between them, similar to custom percussion staves, but with the ability to place notes anywhere, not just on or around the staff lines?

Not without some serious trickery, at the moment, I fear …

If this doesn’t bother you too much, you can write your example in the normal way and delete the unneeded staff lines in a vector program (Affinity Designer, Adobe Illustrator)

Dorico:

Affinity Designer:

Yes, it’s a workaround …

With some effort, it is possible to increase the spacing between staff lines and still place notes anywhere:

Here is the project:
Custom staff lines.dorico (451.6 KB)

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This method goes immediately into my box of tricks - thanks again, @johnkprice !

Thank you @johnkprice !

Wow, @johnkprice this is really creative and useful!! Thank you!

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